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While Rutgers’ former basketball coach is under fire for abusing players at the New Jersey University, a former football coach of the Scarlet Knights got blasted by a former player.

Anthony Davis, who just signed a five-year, $37.3 million contract extension with the 49ers, said Greg Schiano did nothing to prepare him for the NFL while at Rutgers. Davis even blasted the current Buccaneers’ head coach’s teaching style.

“Schiano didn’t do [expletive]”, Davis told NFL Draft Bible while on hand at Rutgers’ 2013 pro day. “He like, breaks your confidence down. That’s his idea of molding guys, by breaking their confidence down. But really, without confidence, you’ve got a [expletive] team. And I feel like, what he’s doing, I thought it was because I was young and I just didn’t appreciate what he was doing, but now that I’m a little older, I just realize that his plan is not working. And I think he’s going to start finding that out soon enough.”

NFL Draft Bible originally asked Davis about Schiano because of how many players the head coach brought into the NFL from Rutgers. Davis criticized Schiano’s record while at Rutgers (68-67) and pointed out that he played poorly his first year with San Francisco because he wasn’t prepared for the pro league by his former coach.

“Schiano came over there and he (yelled), ‘Toes on the line! Toes on the line!’ Blowing the whistle. You can’t laugh. You can’t joke around. So, I decided not to go to OTAs,” Winslow said on the Real Rob Report. “They got my man Rah [Raheem Morris] up out of there, and I was loyal to him. I would take a bullet for that dude. So, I had to roll, man.”

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is close with Schiano and even had his son Steve, who is now a New England coaching assistant, play under him at Rutgers. Belichick has brought numerous players over from Rutgers including Devin McCourty, Justin Francis and Tiquan Underwood. So someone appreciates Schiano’s harsh style.

Davis..what up cuz? I'm sure Coach Harbaugh appreciates you badmouthing Coach Schiano (sarcasm). Most of us Bucs or Rutgers fans feel like you have done well for yourself, with or without Schiano. So instead of being an internet tough guy and blogging your silly opinion, please confront Coach Schiano in person during the regular 2013 season when you come to Tampa. I like the 49ers and wish the team nothing but the best but your have a big mouth. Look forward to shutting it with a 49ers loss at Raymond James Stadium.